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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Kill, Refurb, Marry Villains!

Little late to the party, but why not?

This month, the topic is Disney Villains. I'm sticking with Disney Animated Canon characters only. And I'll be rating the baddies based on how great they are as Disney characters (ignoring their source material where applicable, and no, I do not actually want to marry any of these people. They are just the worst. But they're good at being the worst.)

Kill: Unmemorable villains like Whats-His-Name from "Aristocats" and So-And-So from "Home on the Range". In fairness, these movies have significant problems already (they constantly vie for the position of Worst DAC Feature in my mind), but the dubious antagonists are just yawn sauce on the snore-pie.

Refurb: Here we have an interesting case, because the villain in question has essentially been refurbished for us by another animation team. Let me explain. The villain is the Horned King from "The Black Cauldron". He looks scary, he's got an awesome voice, and he's got minions, nasty wyvern-thingies, and an army of the cursed undead. And unfortunately, it wasn't the Golden Age of theatrical animation anymore, and it wasn't the modern age yet, so this potentially awesome villain was the victim of serious wimping out on the part of the executives. If you want a better version of Disney's Horned King, watch the episodes of "Adventure Time" centered around the Lich King. Seriously.

Marry: I'll make this simple: notice how Maleficent gets to be the leader of the villains whenever they have a crossover? Yup.